My social media feeds are rife with everyone sharing their goals for 2024, so I decided to spend sometime this month to write my own.
As a sculptor, I am quite a visual person, therefore, my favourite way to keep my mind focused on the year ahead is by using a vision board, a collection of photos and images that will keep me motivated.
Being an organised person, I also like to make lists in a journal so that my priorities are all in one place. There is no better feeling than ticking each of the achieved tasks and goals, it makes you accountable and motivated to continue. Celebrating little wins is so important and helps along the way to achieving your priorities.
I also like to strategise by thinking what I would like to achieve in the next five years, and what I need to do this year to help realise those long-term goals. My goals for this coming year are as follows:
Key Life Goals
Find balance between work and fun
Focus on my health and quality of sleep
Improve my Boditrax Score
Key Work Goals (5 Years)
Design Nation Member
Lakes Artist Member
Exhibit at a Potfest Event
Habits To Learn & Keep
Putting phone down at night
Continue to cook fresh meals each day
Regular gym sessions
Habits To Dismiss & Lose
Be kind to myself, drop the negativity
Saying yes to everything
Stop doing things last minute
Things I Need To Do
Create a weekly work schedule
Set up Google Business
Develop Mentor Relationships
Regular blog entries
Write in my journal to clear my thoughts
If you have found this useful and are interested in using a similar approach for your year ahead, please feel free to pinch and amend, that's what I did, no point reinventing the wheel. I'm looking forward to see how I get on over the next twelve months.
The negativity is a tough one to drop! Such a good idea to have goals though, especially reaching a bit further than we think ourselves capable - that way we actually do better anyway, even if not quite managing to reach the high target. I’ve just seen the MUD article in the paper, which is something to look forward to. I really like your work, Kathryn. Solidly-based, like the north of England, despite its tough history.